[ltp] Re: Official test whether overheating is a warrany case?

Jason Brooks linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:47:44 -0800


Then why even talk about it?

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Joachim Breitner
<mail@joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Freitag, den 14.01.2011, 20:43 +0100 schrieb Damien Challet:
>> On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 20:47 +0530, Joachim Breitner wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag, den 13.01.2011, 12:33 +0100 schrieb Thomas Hartwig:
>> > > Can't you simulate this in Windows?
>> >
>> > maybe, if I had Windows :-)
>> >
>> > > Are you sure the fan is running at high speed when the temperature i=
s
>> > > high? Is your workload your typing work or heavy computations?
>> >
>> > Somewhat heavy computation =E2=80=93 compiling a large book with LaTeX=
,
>> > including lots of pictures, so one core is at its peek plus there is
>> > quite some disk usage going on.
>> >
>> > The fan is turning high to 3000 to 3080 RPM, while temperature slowly
>> > rises from 60=C2=B0C to above 90=C2=B0C. Usually, the temperature goes=
 up to about
>> > 92=C2=B0 to 95=C2=B0C and stays there =E2=80=93 only on rare occasions=
 it seems that the
>> > limit (100=C2=B0C?) is hit and the system shuts down.
>>
>> when I replaced the cpu fan of a laptop and failed to screw it tightly
>> enough, I witnessed the same behaviour. Unscrew the fan mount, clean the
>> chips, add the right amount of arctic silver, screw back and it should
>> be all right.
>
> to be honest, as I did not modify the fan, I don=E2=80=99t feel responsib=
le for
> fixing it.
>
> I created an issue with the ERC+ system, let=E2=80=99s see how well that =
works
> here in India.
>
> Greetings,
> Joachim
>
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